This collection includes works by the wonderful Soviet satirists Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov. Travel essays “Caution, covered by centuries!” and “Extraordinary stories from the life of the city of Kolokolamsk” - a bibliographic rarity. The collection also includes chapters of the novels “The Twelve Chairs” and “The Golden Calf” that are unknown to the general reader. The sarcasm and humor of these stories have not lost their sharpness today. The book’s text has been translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence system. In most cases, the translation is accurate and clear, but occasionally there may be incorrect phrasing or individual words left untranslated.